Norwegian Shearwater GeoServices has secured a 3D seismic acquisition contract with Italy’s energy giant Eni for work in the Timor Sea. The two-month survey will be performed by Shearwater’s high-capacity vessel SW Bly, with commencement expected late in the first quarter of this year. The project c
A 2014-built drillship, owned by the Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris, has come to Brazilian waters ahead of its assignment with Equinor Energy do Brasil, a subsidiary of Norway’s energy giant Equinor. Another unit from the rig owner’s fleet is currently getting upgrades in
A 1986-built floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel has arrived at a shipyard in Tenerife, which is part of Spain and the largest of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. This unit has lined up for an assignment at two oilfields off the coast of Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia.
Akrake Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lime Petroleum Holding, which is an 89.74% subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International Holding, is approaching the finish line for the activities related to the hook-up of a mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) and a floating storage and offloading (F
With contracting opportunities still on the uptick in spite of potential softer energy prices, Noble Corporation, a U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant, has pinpointed the Golden Triangle, the U.S. Gulf, South America, and West Africa as the key regions that will drive its floater demand grow
AG&P Industrial, a subsidiary of Singapore’s AG&P Group, has joined forces with Pragati Infra Solutions (PISL), an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and infrastructure development company, to establish India’s first advanced modular EPC and fabrication manufacturing facility in Andhra
Offshore aviation services provider Bristow Group has landed a multi-year assignment with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor and its compatriot Vår Energi for helicopter transportation and search and rescue (SAR) services in support of operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with a subsidiary of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) for the expansion of multi-client data activities in Libya. The deal, signed with North Africa Geophysical Company (NAGECO), is said to establish a frame
Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has brought online a subsea development tied back to an existing platform in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.
U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has been tasked with a strategic role in offshore asset retirement, which is being undertaken by Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas giant QatarEnergy. This is described as the Persian Gulf state’s first major offshore decommissioning project.
Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has secured more time with Equinor Brasil Energia, a subsidiary of Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor, for a drillship working off the coast of Brazil.
Three players, Japan’s MODEC, Norway’s Eld Energy, and Delta Electronics, have joined forces to expand hydrogen use in the maritime sector, driving energy transition by deploying solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for the first time on a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel
Texas-headquartered Northern Offshore, a builder and operator of jack-up rigs, has secured a new assignment for a nine-year-old jack-up rig off the coast of Oman, West Asia.
China-based Wison Group has joined forces with Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group (Jereh) to combine strengths in energy engineering and high-end equipment to support offshore floating facilities and onshore oil and gas engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) opportunities.
